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PREVIOUS WINNERS

The Lifetime Achievement Award
2007 John Grisham
2006 Jamie Oliver
2005 Sir John Mortimer
2004 Sir David Attenborough
2003 Alan Bennett
2002 Mark Barty-King
2001 Ernest Hecht
2000 Spike Milligan
1999 Maeve Binchy
1998 Jilly Cooper
1997 Paul Scherer
1996 Wilbur Smith
1995 Delia Smith
1994 Catherine Cookson
1993 Dr. D.G.Hessayon

Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year
2007 The Interpretation of Murder Jed Rubenfeld (Headline Review)
2006 Labyrinth Kate Mosse (Orion)
2005 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell (Sceptre)
2004 The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold (Picador)

The Book of the Year
2007 The Dangerous Book for Boys Con & Hal Iggulden (Harpercollins
2006 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince JK Rowling (Bloomsbury)
2005 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown (Corgi)
2004 Eats, Shoots & Leaves Lynne truss (Profile)
2003 Stupid White Men Michael Moore (Penguin)
2002 Billy Pamela Stephenson (HarperCollins)
2001 Man and Boy Tony Parsons (HarperCollins)
2000 Managing My Life Alex Ferguson (Hodder & Stoughton)
1999 Birthday Letters Ted Hughes (Faber & Faber)
1998 Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding (Picador)
1997 Longitude Dava Sobel (Fourth Estate)
1996 Delia Smith's Winter Collection (BBC Books)
1995 Writing Home Alan Bennett (Faber & Faber)
1994 Wild Swans Jung Chang (Flamingo)

The Author of the Year
2007 - Richard Dawkins
2006 - Alan Bennett
2005 Sheila Hancock
2004 Alexander McCall Smith
2003 Sarah Waters
2002 Philip Pullman
2001 Nigella Lawson
2000 J K Rowling
1999 Beryl Bainbridge
1998 Louis de Bernieres
1997 Bill Bryson
1996 Salman Rushdie
1995 Sebastian Faulks
1994 Roddy Doyle
1993 Andrew Morton
1992 Peter Mayle
1991 Peter Ackroyd
1990 HRH, Prince of Wales

The Children's Book of the Year
2007 Flanimals of the Deep Ricky Gervais (Faber & Faber)
2006 Ark Angel Anthony Horowitz (Walker Books)
2005 The Gruffalo's Child Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler (Macmillan Children's Books)
2004 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time Mark Haddon (David Fickling)
2003 Girls in Tears Jacqueline Wilson (Corgi Children's)
2002 Artemis Fowl Eoin Colfer (Viking/Puffin)
2001 The Amber Spyglass Philip Pullman (Scholastic)
2000 The Illustrated Mum Jacqueline Wilson (Doubleday) 1999 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
1998 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone J K Rowling (Bloomsbury)
1997 Northern Lights Philip Pullman (Scholastic)
1996 The Hutchinson treasury of Children's Literature ed Alison Sage (Hutchinson)

The Children's Author of the Year
1995 Allan & Janet Ahlberg
1994 Anne Fine
1993 Raymond Briggs
1992 Dick King-Smith
1991 Anne Fine
1990 Roald Dahl

The Illustrated Children's Book of the Year
1995 The Most Amazing Pop-Up Science Book Jay Young (Watts Books)
1994 Mummy Laid an Egg Babette Cole (Jonathan Cape)
1993 Penguin Small Mick Inkpen (Hodder)
1992 Farmer Duck Helen Oxenbury (Walker Books)
1991 The Mousehole Cat Nicola Bayley (Walker Books)

The Illustrated Book of the Year
2004 England's Thousand Best Houses Simon Jenkins (Allen Lane)
2003 Sahara Michael Palin (Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated)
2002 The Blue Planet Andrew Byatt, Alastair Fothergill, Martha Holmes (BBC Worldwide)
2001 The Beatles Anthology (Cassell)
2000 Century Bruce Bernard (Phaidon Press)
1999 Ethel and Ernest Raymond Briggs (Jonathan Cape)
1998 The Lost Gardens of Heligan Tim Smit (Gollancz)
1997 Flora Britannica Richard Mabey (Sinclair-Stevenson)
1996 The River Cafe Cookbook Rose Gray & Ruth Rogers (Ebury Press)
1995 The Art Book (Phaidon Press)

The Newcomer of the Year
2007 Victoria Hislop
2006 Marina Lewycka
2005 Susanna Clarke
2004 Monica Ali
2003 Allison Pearson
2002 Pete McCarthy
2001 Zadie Smith
2000 Sort Of Books and Driving Over Lemons by Chris Stewart
1999 Borders UK
1998 Daisy & Tom
1997 Kate Atkinson
1990 Bryce Courtenay

The TV & Film Book of the Year
2007 The Devil Wears Prada Lauren Weisberger (HarperCollins)
2006 The Constant Gardener John le Carré (Hodder & Stoughton)
2005 Himalaya Michael Palin (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
2004 How Clean Is Your House Kim Woodburn & Aggie MacKenzie (Michael Joseph)
2003 What Not To Wear trinny Woodall & Susannah Constantine (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Biography of the Year
2007 The Sound of Laughter Peter Kay (Century)
2006 Sharon Osbourne Extreme Sharon Osbourne (Time Warner)
2005 My Life Bill Clinton (Hutchinson)
2004 Toast Nigel Slater (Fourth Estate)
2003 Churchill Roy Jenkins (Pan)

The Popular Fiction Award
2006 Anybody Out There Marian Keyes (Michael Joseph)
2006 The Time Traveler's Wife Audrey Niffenegger (Vintage)


The Literary Fiction Award
2005 Cloud Atlas David Mitchell (Sceptre)
2004 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Mark Haddon (Jonathan Cape)

The History Book of the Year
2005 William Pitt the Younger William Hague (HarperCollins)
2004 Stalin Simon Sebag Montefiore (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)

The Sports Book of the Year
2007 Gerrard: My Autobiography Steven Gerrard (Bantam)
2006 Being Freddie Andrew Flintoff (Hodder & Stoughton)
2005 Gazza: My Story Paul Gascoigne (Headline)
2004 Martin Johnson: The Autobiography (Headline)

The Audiobook of the Year
2004 Forgotten Voices of the Great War Max Arthur (Random House)
2003 Series of Unfortunate Events written by Lemony Snicket, read by Tim Curry (Collins)
2002 The Laying on of Hands written & read by Alan Bennett (BBC Radio Collection)

The Crime Thriller of the Year
2007 The Naming of the Dead Ian Rankin (Orion)
2006 The Take Martina Cole (Headline)
2005 Fleshmarket Close Ian Rankin

The deciBel Writer of the Year
2007 Jackie Kay
2006 Diana Evans
2005 Hari Kunzru

The Fastest Selling Biography of All Time
2004 My Side David Beckham (CollinsWillow)

The Travel Writer of the Year
1993 Michael Palin Pole to Pole (BBC Books)
1992 Mark Shand travels on my Elephant (Jonathan Cape)
1991 V.S. Naipaul India (Heinemann)
1990 Peter Mayle A Year in Provence (Hamish Hamilton)

The Fantasy and Science Fiction Author of the Year
1994 Terry Pratchett

Bestseller of the Year
1991 Delia Smith's Christmas (BBC Books)

  • For further information on the above and for details of shortlisted titles contact the organiser:
    Merric Davidson,
    PO Box 60, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2ZR
    Tel/Fax 01580 212041
    email: bba@mdla.co.uk